1 62 Memorial of George Brozan Goode. 



Mr. Falconer, carpenter; constantly occupied, etc. 



Mr. Campbell, messenger and general assistant. 



All have thus far given entire satisfaction. 



I am not aware that any increase of force is necessary. There is, however, one 

 Department on which, from the destructible nature of the objects, we are unable to 

 bestow the requisite attention. I allude to that of entomology. We have on deposit 

 the extensive and valuable collection of Count Castleneau, and should be ashamed 

 to allow it to perish in our hands. The collections, too, of the Expedition, though 

 not so extensive as was perhaps expected of us, and in part lost with the Peacock, 

 yet it is believed, include materials that in competent hands, might be the means of 

 eliciting facts worth preservation; and having a wider bearing than may be supposed 

 by those who have not duly weighed the relationship of the different parts of crea- 

 tion. Our gatherings in this branch derive a further consequence from our being 

 able to connect them with the vegetable products of the widely separated islets of 

 the mid-ocean and other unfrequented regions it has been our rare fortune to visit. 



The collections in conchology have only in part been opened ( viz, up to the time 

 of our leaving the Fiji Islands), and no portion properly arranged and exhibited; 

 neither at the present moment can any space be allotted for this purpose. When 

 fully displayed, it is believed that those interested in this branch of science will not 

 be disappointed as to their extent and value. 



For the ornithological department, and the dried skins of other animals, I must 

 refer to the accompanying list; promising, however, that there are besides many 

 interesting specimens in osteology, both of man and the inferior animals. 



Of specimens in spirits brought by the Expedition, we number 20S jars, containing 

 insects and minor objects in zoology, not less in all, than 4,000 different species; and 

 895 envelopes of larger specimens. These last include about 900 different species of 

 fishes and 200 of reptiles, making a total of 5,100 species in spirits, exclusive of the 

 Crustacea noted by Mr. Dana. 



For the botanical department I must refer to the accompanying extract from a 

 report by Mr. Brackenridge. I inclose also reports on the drawings made during the 

 cruise of the Ex[ploring] Squadron, by Mr. Drayton and Agate ; on the mineralogical 

 and geological collections, from Mr. Dana ; and a paper on the philological depart- 

 ment, I obtained from Mr. Hale, who happened accidentally to be in town. As Mr. 

 Hale has not enumerated the collections in this latter branch, I will here specify 

 them more particularly. The Institute now possesses, exclusive of — 



Thirty-six volumes and pamphlets, and a large bundle of newspaper files ; histor- 

 ical documents, all printed at L,ima and Chile, which may not properly come under 

 this head. 



Grammar of the Quichua language, which is still the vernacular in the mining 

 towns of the Peruvian Andes. 



Ten tracts in the language of the Society Islands, printed in part at Tahiti. 



Eleven tracts in the Samoan language, from the Mission Press at those islands. 



Printed specimens also of the Fiji and New Zealand languages, including New 

 Zealand Testament. 



Sixty-three volumes and pamphlets in the language of the Sandwich Islands, 

 including the entire translation of the Bible, printed at those islands by the Amer- 

 ican Mission Press ; accompanied also with specimens of engraving by native artists, 

 one of which in particular, viz, a general map of the islands, would do no discredit 

 to the state of the arts at home. 



A Japanese book (apparently a religious work) and other writings, believed to be 

 entirely unique in this country. 



The original Tagala grammar, printed two centuries ago at the Philippines, and 

 giving an account of that alphabet, now extinct ; the more interesting, as this is one 

 of the most remote points to which the invention of letters appears to have pene- 

 trated — before, at least, the modern improvements in navigation. 



